Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-13
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| camp by me murder OF q second lnuian ana
| Is now IN jail awaiting Trial.
| COOE HUNTING seems to be n lucrative sport
in some parts of N ssour. Two hunters re-
! centi' Q topped down an evident ""0On tree "
near Trenton. aud got three coons. 400 pounds
Of honey, and an oyster can in which we've
| S2SO IN gold.
HER name ia Mrs. George CLARK, and she
bosses a farm near Niobrara. Neb. Her
claims 10 fame rest on ECO ushels of corn
hu-ked las tx to replen sin the family purse
AMI 10 break the mOnotonous round OF do
| IneStic duties.
n GRAY EAGLE measuring seven feet from
tip to tip was tilled 1yo miles southwest of
Scottsburg. Ind, on Thursday by Mrs. John
Rtckard, h shot it with a rife from dis
lance OF 100 yards. 1t 10 now on exhibition at
the curt house.
THE Latin names OF some Roman Catholic
dioceses sound very queer. Santa Fe is S.
| Eidei; Little Rock Is Petriculanu-; Spring
Held Is Campi Fonts; Wheeling is Vel ngen-
Sis; Green Bay Is Sinus Viridis; and Grand
RAPIDS Is FIuminis Rapid.
CLERK IN ST. Louis store fell ill and WAS
likely to die, and telegram was sent to his
relations IN Springfield, H.. saying that he
was not expeetei to live long. The answer
thai came back was: Can't come at present.
when he dies ship body to u.s."
Miss MARY BAKER, the Young lady faster
has been constant since October last. AT he
end of the l95th dav she was able to take, buI
ala not re am, some jelly. ID ath is now
looR ed FOR at almost any moment.
AT late auction in Paris a stradivarius
violoncello, bearing the makers name AM
the date. 1899 was sold for I9,ol0f. ts3So2); II
"oiln by me same maker. of the date 1871,
went Tor l2.OU0f.. and huggeri, OF the year
1850. for 32,0(0f. A violin bow. by Tourte.
went for !, 1901
THERE is said to be a great increase in the
number of butcher shops in Toxic, with upper
rooms in which tine meat is cooked for Gus
toners. The Japanese have a strong belief
that the superiority OF foreigners In energy
and physique is due entirety to meat diet,
hence Il large number OF The residents are
training to become Suliivans by eating libe;-
ally Of the once neglt ccd flesh.
a CHICAGO DRUMMER says that when he
WAS in Iowa recently he wanted a tobacco
box and in cigar store bought tin one and
pm it in his pocket without opening it. When
he did open 1t he fOund that it contained a
| whisky cocktail. "You can find whisky in
| almost anything you buy over there he il
| said to have said. ITS always turning up III
unexpected places" Iowa is prohibition
| State.
ST. PAUL MERCHANT, after employing a
| watcbman for his ore for several yeare had
| iron doors an shutters placed on the build
| ing and then discharged the watchm n,
| That very night burglars broke in and stole
| mu n property and we're never captured.
! The eX- watchm0n said that he despise1
/ thel on general prime pies, but he Iii have a
| sort OF friendly leeung for these particular
| burglars.
RAT and cock sparrow had pitched
| battle in Oil Guy the other day. The spar
| row was the agEressor and attacked the raj
! viClously, striking at it very much IN the
| style OF q game cock and then flying dow n
a Ds G. "A [ he. rat in
! the eve and the rat spun arounh before i
| could get It's bearing. In the emf. however.
| the rat got the best Of the battle. and the
! sparrow flew away, having lost many feath-
| CrS.
BISHOP WILLIAM TAYLOR has named the
tesmer which he is to use on the Upper
! Congo for his wife "Annie Taylor" During
their married life OF more than forty years
| Mr.. and Mrs. Taylor have been much separ-
a ed by his m ission airy work. yet to this day"
| he sa 81 never heard her object TO my ding
| or staying. nor utter amurmur on a. count OF
| my absence. A Doctor of Divinity aid to her
Oae day: Ms. Taylor, can't help but think
hard OF MIR. Taylor for going away and Ieav-
| lag you alone SO long, She replied: Wei.
| DOctor. lie never went AWAY vii bout my on
sent, nor sta, ed longer than allowed h n to
stay, and II don't complain l don't tn nix
| anybody ell G has amy right to complain The
| doctor subsidized"
| at ill hardly be credited by those who
| have never visited a hill country in the tro-
pics," writes a recent traveller, "that soon
| after sunrise the noise of awakening beetles
and tree-loving in aects Is so great ms to drown
! the believing q a bull. or he r"ar of Tiger
| few PAGES on. The sound resembles mot
| nearly the metallic whIrr of hundred Brad
ford looms. One beetle in partcu ar, known
| TO the natives (of Penang) as the 'trumpeter.'
| buses himself all dav long in producing II
! booming noise with his wings. 1 have eau
tiousiy approached tree on which knew
! number of these trumpeter iettles to have
| settled, when suddeny the sound stopped.
| the alarm was spread from tree o tree, amt
| there vas iull in the forest music, which
| only rec mmeDced when 1 had returned to
| the beaten track"
MRS. ANNIE DEAN CHOPPER, hall. sister OF
| the once famous Julia D4an, died last week
| in Denver. Two weeks before her death she
had II dream in which she saw her approach
ing emf. saw her body la d in The coffin, and
! The scene impressed itsel so wildly upon her
| mind That she observed the dress IN " hich II a
| was 'lojh"d. the manner in which her ; al
| was arranged and even the ornaments in her
C 'llar. All efforts on the part of her frIends
! to laugh away this unp'easau memory wer,
| unavalling. She believed that II, + our wa
| approaching ami at the time she especial v
! cha gel her friends that when she died sh,
wanted to be cloi he'd just as she had appeared
| to herself IN the cOilih. Her request WIS
| complied with. and the corpse was dress ed
| FOR burial, AMI every 'ietail arranged rs she
had particularly requested, even W the POSI-
THE announcement in the English service
papers that Wimbledon Common will be
abandoned as place for long nge matches
after next year must have an int rest for
| American as well as British riflemen. The
| objections to its continuance "a a range are
! raj ed 10y joining property owners, aIn oug
| whom is he Duke of Cambridge, e mman-
| der int Chef of the Army. The case with
| Creedm, or is different. The Rife Associa.
| ton wants TO abandon that ranse On account
| Of ITS inaccesslb Ity. but cannot 10 so for The
| present, as no good substitute can be pro
| cured. 1t was thought that Staten island
| would furnish the ReS spot hut the hopes
| ounded IN his have thus far proved delu-
| sivr. Nevertheless. within a few years the
| understanding glories of both Wimbledon
/ and Cree"moor may have departed.
In Boston even the street vendors feel the
influence of the Athens of America. This IL
the way q salve seller talks: CHATS right.
gentlemen, come right up. Don't mind the
east wind, which. AZ my friend Emerson used
| to say. pierces our solitude. This salve u oujn
have made the Concord Philosopher stand the
| weather better. Only three boxes, ant going
| way dbWn Eaat2 How foolish! Why, IS
| Lowell said. that Is the vague Orient. I hi.
| save would cure the W. gueness every time.
| Curat mnimis. Glad to see 30 many bow
| here. Matte boys! You. too, need at least
| one box each. Does Joseph Cook use il? Oi